The 2003 Portland Timbers season was the 3rd season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defuntct A-League

A-League (1995–2004)

The A-League was a professional men's soccer league which featured teams from both the United States and Canada. The A-League emerged out of the restructured American Professional Soccer League in 1995 and operated until 2004, after which it was re-branded the USL First Division...

, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada

Canadian soccer pyramid

The Canadian soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in Canada. The governing body of soccer in the country is the Canadian Soccer Association , which oversees the system and domestic cups but does not operate any of its component leagues...

 at the time.

Canterbury Cup

May

June

July

August

Western Conference, Pacific Division standings

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Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Seattle Sounders	53	28	16	7	5	45	24
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	52	28	15	6	7	45	24
3	Portland Timbers	47	28	15	11	2	39	33
4	Team Calgary	15	28	4	21	3	16	62	−46

Results summary

Results by round

Kits

Final roster

Recognition

A-League All-League Second Team

Pos	Player	GP
FW	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	21

A-League Player of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)
12	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	Vancouver Whitecaps (x2)

A-League Team of the Week

Week	Player	Opponent(s)	Ref
5	McKinley Tennyson McKinley Tennyson McKinley Tennyson is an American soccer forward who played two seasons with the Portland Timbers and the 2002 playoffs with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He was the 2002 USL First Division points leader.-Youth:...	Calgary Storm, Seattle Sounders
7	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	Vancouver Whitecaps
11	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	Calgary Storm (x2)
	Josh Saunders Josh Saunders Josh Saunders is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...
12	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	Vancouver Whitecaps (x2)
13	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...	El Paso Patriots, Milwaukee Wave United Milwaukee Wave United The Milwaukee Wave United was an American professional soccer team, which last played in the A-League, the American second division.The Wave United was formed and joined the A-League after the Milwaukee Rampage folded in 2002...
	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...
17	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	Seattle Sounders (x2)
18	Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson is a former New Zealand footballer and current technical director of Portland Timbers. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in the United Soccer Leagues before their promotion to Major League Soccer beginning with the 2011 season...	Indiana Blast Indiana Blast Indiana Blast were an American soccer team, founded in 1997. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues, and played in the D-3 Pro League, the A-League and the USL Premier Development League, until folding at the end of the 2004 season.... , Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders
20	Scott Benedetti Scott Benedetti Scott “Benny” Benedetti is a retired American soccer player. He began his professional career with the semi-professional F.C. Portland in 1986 and ended it with the U.S. second division club Portland Timbers in 2005. While he spent most of his career in the lower U.S...	El Paso Patriots
	Bryn Ritchie

Appearances and goals

All players contracted to the club during the season included.

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Top scorers

Players with 1 goal or more included only.

Rk.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total	A-League 2003 A-League -Northeast Division:-Southeast Division:-Central Division:-Pacific Division:-Northeast Division:-----Southeast Division:-Central Division:-Pacific Division:-Eastern Conference final:-Western Conference final:-----Final:...
1		FW	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	12	12
2		FW	McKinley Tennyson McKinley Tennyson McKinley Tennyson is an American soccer forward who played two seasons with the Portland Timbers and the 2002 playoffs with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He was the 2002 USL First Division points leader.-Youth:...	11	11
3		FW	Fadi Afash Fadi Afash Fadi Afash is a former football player with the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.On January 22, 2010 he was ranked 15th in the USL Second Division Top 15 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.-Playing career:Afash is...	4	4
		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Jake Sagare Jake Sagare Jake Sagare is an American soccer player currently playing for Yakima Reds in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...	4	4
5		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson is a former New Zealand footballer and current technical director of Portland Timbers. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in the United Soccer Leagues before their promotion to Major League Soccer beginning with the 2011 season...	2	2
6		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...	1	1
		FW	Dan Antoniuk Dan Antoniuk Dan Antoniuk is an American soccer player.-College:Antoniuk attended Wheaton College, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1999 to 2002...	1	1
		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Scott Benedetti Scott Benedetti Scott “Benny” Benedetti is a retired American soccer player. He began his professional career with the semi-professional F.C. Portland in 1986 and ended it with the U.S. second division club Portland Timbers in 2005. While he spent most of his career in the lower U.S...	1	1
		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Jason Melendez	1	1
		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Lee Morrison	1	1
		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Bryn Ritchie	1	1
			TOTALS	39	39

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		A-League 2003 A-League -Northeast Division:-Southeast Division:-Central Division:-Pacific Division:-Northeast Division:-----Southeast Division:-Central Division:-Pacific Division:-Eastern Conference final:-Western Conference final:-----Final:...
4		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Bryn Ritchie	5	0	5	0
5		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson Gavin Wilkinson is a former New Zealand footballer and current technical director of Portland Timbers. Prior to this position, Wilkinson was manager of Portland Timbers in the United Soccer Leagues before their promotion to Major League Soccer beginning with the 2011 season...	6	1	6	1
6		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Manuel Brasil	1	0	1	0
7		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar is a Mexican footballer who most recently played for the Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division.Alcaraz-Cuellar initially began playing soccer with the San Diego Flash in 2001...	4	1	4	1
8		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Jason Melendez	1	0	1	0
9		FW	McKinley Tennyson McKinley Tennyson McKinley Tennyson is an American soccer forward who played two seasons with the Portland Timbers and the 2002 playoffs with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He was the 2002 USL First Division points leader.-Youth:...	4	0	4	0
10		FW	Fadi Afash Fadi Afash Fadi Afash is a former football player with the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division.On January 22, 2010 he was ranked 15th in the USL Second Division Top 15 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade.-Playing career:Afash is...	3	0	3	0
11		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Brian Winters	5	0	5	0
14		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Scott Benedetti Scott Benedetti Scott “Benny” Benedetti is a retired American soccer player. He began his professional career with the semi-professional F.C. Portland in 1986 and ended it with the U.S. second division club Portland Timbers in 2005. While he spent most of his career in the lower U.S...	4	1	4	1
15		FW	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	2	0	2	0
19		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Nick Downing Nick Downing Nick Downing is a retired American professional soccer player.- Early career :The son of Jim and Linda Downing, Nick played soccer locally for Eastlake High School. As a teenager, Downing had stints training with German clubs Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart...	4	0	4	0
20		MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Jake Sagare Jake Sagare Jake Sagare is an American soccer player currently playing for Yakima Reds in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...	0	1	0	1
23		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Aaron Heinzen	6	0	6	0
24		DF Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Lee Morrison	2	0	2	0
			TOTALS	47	4	47	4

Goalkeeper stats

All goalkeepers included.

No.	Nat.	Player	Total				A-League 2003 A-League -Northeast Division:-Southeast Division:-Central Division:-Pacific Division:-Northeast Division:-----Southeast Division:-Central Division:-Pacific Division:-Eastern Conference final:-Western Conference final:-----Final:...
			MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
(1)		Curtis Spiteri	905	17	1.69	38	905	17	1.69	38
21		Cole Burgman	180	1	0.50	9	180	1	0.50	9
30		Josh Saunders Josh Saunders Josh Saunders is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...	1493	15	0.90	58	1493	15	0.90	58
		TOTALS	2578	33	1.15	105	2578	33	1.15	105

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
April 1, 2003	Dan Antoniuk Dan Antoniuk Dan Antoniuk is an American soccer player.-College:Antoniuk attended Wheaton College, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1999 to 2002...  (R Rookie Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of... )	FW	Wheaton Lyons	Free
April 1, 2003	Jason Melendez (R Rookie Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of... )	MF	UNLV Rebels UNLV Rebels The University of Nevada, Las Vegas' sports teams are called the Rebels. The Rebels participate in NCAA Division I and in the Mountain West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The school's colors are Scarlet and Grey. The Rebels' main rival is the Wolf Pack of the University...	Free
April 1, 2003	Lee Morrison	DF	Dallas Burn FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...	Free
April 1, 2003	Curtis Spiteri (R Rookie Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of... )	GK	Portland Pilots Portland Pilots The Portland Pilots were a Class-B minor league baseball team in Portland, Maine out of the New England League. Created in 1946 as the Portland Gulls, the Pilots lasted until 1949, when the New England League collapsed...	A-League College Player Draft, 2nd round
April 1, 2003	Jake Vaughn	MF	Unattached	Free
April 1, 2003	Adam Wilson	MF	Hershey Wildcats Hershey Wildcats Hershey Wildcats were a professional soccer team, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, that played in the USL A-League between 1997 and 2001. The team was owned by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company...	Free
April 4, 2003	Cole Burgman	GK	Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta Silverbacks is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having previously sat out the 2009 and 2010 seasons while the ownership...	Free
April 2003	Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez Byron Alvarez is a Mexican football forward. He plays for the Monterrey La Raza of National Indoor Soccer League. He was the 2008-2009 NISL Most Valuable Player.-Early life:...	FW	MetroStars	Signed amateur contract due to complications acquiring a P-1 visa P visa A P visa is a type of temporary employment visa of the United States, granted to alien athletes, artists, and entertainers, and their spouses and children. The term "P" refers to 8 U.S.C... ; played entire 2003 season without pay
May 27, 2003	Jake Sagare Jake Sagare Jake Sagare is an American soccer player currently playing for Yakima Reds in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...	MF	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...	Free

Loans in

Date	Player	Position	Parent Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
April 14, 2003	Nick Downing Nick Downing Nick Downing is a retired American professional soccer player.- Early career :The son of Jim and Linda Downing, Nick played soccer locally for Eastlake High School. As a teenager, Downing had stints training with German clubs Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart...	DF	New England Revolution New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...	Season-long loan
June 25, 2003	Josh Saunders Josh Saunders Josh Saunders is an American-born Puerto Rican footballer who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.-College:...	GK	San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in the San Jose, California, United States suburb of Santa Clara, and participates in Major League Soccer , the top level soccer league in the United States and Canada....	Season-long loan

Transfers out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
End of 2002 season 2002 Portland Timbers season The 2002 Portland Timbers season was the 2nd season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defuntct A-League, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.-Preseason:...	Chugger Adair	FW	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2002 season 2002 Portland Timbers season The 2002 Portland Timbers season was the 2nd season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defuntct A-League, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.-Preseason:...	Sean McAuley Sean McAuley Sean McAuley is an English former professional footballer. He is currently the Academy head coach at Sheffield Wednesday.-Playing career:...	DF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
End of 2002 season 2002 Portland Timbers season The 2002 Portland Timbers season was the 2nd season for the Portland Timbers—the 3rd incarnation of a club to bear the Timbers name—of the now-defuntct A-League, the second-tier league of the United States and Canada at the time.-Preseason:...	Jake Sagare Jake Sagare Jake Sagare is an American soccer player currently playing for Yakima Reds in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...	MF	N/A	Contract expired and not re-signed
January 22, 2003	Greg Howes Greg Howes Greg Howes is an American soccer player, currently player-coach for Tacoma Tide in the USL Premier Development League.-Career:...	FW	Unattached	Released
January 24, 2003	Matt Napoleon Matt Napoleon Matt Napoleon is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in Major League Soccer and the USL A-League. He was a member of the United States men's national under-20 soccer team at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.-Youth:...	GK	Unattached	Retired
April 2, 2003	Vadim Tolstolutsky	FW	Unattached	Retired
April 8, 2003	Chris Smith	GK	Unattached	Released
April 14, 2003	Keith Costigan Keith Costigan Keith Costigan is a former professional soccer player who now works as a television analyst and commentator for Fox Soccer Channel in Los Angeles, California ....	DF	Unattached	Released
April 14, 2003	Erik Ozimek	MF	Unattached	Released
April 14, 2003	Ben Somoza	MF	Unattached	Released
June 9, 2003	Jake Vaughn	MF	Unattached	Released
July 1, 2003	Curtis Spiteri	GK	Unattached	Released
August 7, 2003	Brent Sancho Brent Sancho Brent Sancho is a Trinidadian soccer player who currently plays for Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division.-College:Sancho spent his college years playing for St...	DF	Dundee Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...	Undisclosed fee

Loans out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
September 13, 2002	Brent Sancho Brent Sancho Brent Sancho is a Trinidadian soccer player who currently plays for Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division.-College:Sancho spent his college years playing for St...	DF	San Juan Jabloteh San Juan Jabloteh San Juan Jabloteh is a football club located in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago that currently plays in the country's Pro League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad.- History :...	Season-long loan; allowed to tour with the Trinidad and Tobago national football team Trinidad and Tobago national football team The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...  following San Juan Jabloteh's season; subsequently sold to Dundee Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...

Unsigned draft picks

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
December 17, 2002	Ryan Coiner Ryan Coiner Ryan Coiner is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in Germany and Major League Soccer.-College:...	FW	San Diego Toreros   Orange County Blue Star Orange County Blue Star Orange County Blue Star is an American soccer team based in Irvine, California, United States. Founded in 1997, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games at...	A-League College Player Draft, 1st round